Chap 5 Identity Flashcards
(23 cards)
Identity
How we make sense of ourselves
Ex..
Gendered
Biased/meant for one gender
Ex:divisions of labor, brick making
Identifying against
Identify the us and the them
Ex..Europeans view of Asia , the orient
State nationalism
Identifying urself as part of a country
Ex..when ppl think of them first as French, Japanese, American
Race
A category of human kind based on distinctive physical attributes
Ex..black , White
Racism
Feeling that ones race is superior to another
Ex..Europeans thought they were superior to slaves
Ethnicity
Affiliation or identity within a group of people bound by common ancestry and culture, closely bounded/related, from a hearth, cohesive ,
Ex..Hispanic , Swiss American
Residential segregation
Degree to which two or more groups live seperately from one another
Ex..African American segregation in Milwaukee , Hispanics in Baltimore
evenness
The measure of how evenly distributed In a neighborhood a minority population is
Exposure
When minority members are distributed so their exposure to majority is limited
Concentrated
They may be spatially concentrated with in a very small area occupying less physical space than majority members
Centralized
They may be spatially centralized congregating around the urban core and occupying a more central location than the majority
Clustered
Finally areas of minority settlement maybe tightly clustered to form one large continuous enclave or be scattered widely around the urban area
Succession
New immigrants to a city often move to low income areas that are being gradually abandoned by older immigrant groups
Ex..puerto ricans in New York moving into immigrant Jewish neighborhood of east Harlem
Sense of place
Infusing a place with meaning and feeling
Heteronormative
Writing the point of view of a heterosexual white male
Queer theory
Critical study that emerged from lgbt and feminist studies
Power relationship
Power relationships are assumptions and structures about who is in control and who has power over others
Ex..Whites and blacks in America , Catholics and Protestants in Ireland
Gross national income
The monetary worth of what is produced within the country plus income received from investments outside the country
Formal economic sector
The sector that is counted as part of the gross national income
Ex.. Service industry
Informal economic activity
Private home-based activity examples include activity such as tailoring beer brewing food preparation and soapmaking, other domestic activities
Barrioization
Dramatic increase of the Hispanic population in An area
Ex..Hispanic population in Southern California
Myths about minorities
Perceptions about minorities
Ex.. Model minority myth for Asians
